JPS62179265A - Remote control equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable an originating person to command an appliance at any time in his house to which the want to control without minding time by storing various signals such as a control start signal, a control termination signal, etc., of the appliance to which the originating person gives a command beforehand, and controlling the appliance in the house when the commanded time is arrived at. CONSTITUTION:When the first appliance 12 is controlled utilizing a telephone circuit, an originating person calls in his house from outside telephone set. Then, the calling bell of the telephone set 15 in his house sounds and a call signal is fetched in the microcomputer 18 of a remote control equipment 1 through a signal converting section 20. The originating person then inputs an identification number, and if he want to operate the first appliance 12, he inputs operation code. The remote control equipment 1 sends input request message such as the time of setting, the time of operation to the originating person by voice. When the originating person inputs respective time by depressing push buttons, it is stored on the RAM 31 of the remote control equipment 1, and when the set time is arrived at, the first appliance indicator lamp 7 is lit up, and at the same time, the first appliance 12 is turned on.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to a remote control device that controls equipment in a home using a telephone line.

<Prior art> This type of conventional remote control device uses a telephone line to send various signals to control the ON/OFF of the terminal equipment on the receiving side, and is also known as a telecontrol system. be.

This remote control device has an automatic response function that automatically responds to the caller when the called party is not present, and a control function that controls various devices in the called party's home according to device control signals sent from the caller. It has functions.

The automatic answering function described above detects an incoming call, puts the phone into a talking state, and sends a predetermined response message to the caller. After the caller finishes answering the message, the caller sends a device control signal and the remote control device receives the control signal. The device in the home is controlled by decoding the code.

The above-mentioned remote control device requires a caller to give a command each time he or she wants to control equipment in the home.

That is, if the caller is in a place where there is no telephone, if the desired time has passed, or if he or she forgets to operate the telephone, the device in the room cannot be controlled.

Purpose of the present invention In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention stores various signals such as a control start signal and a control end signal for devices commanded by a caller in advance, without having to issue a command when wanting to control devices in the home. The object of the present invention is to provide a remote control device that uses a telephone line and is capable of controlling equipment in a home when a commanded time is reached.

<Embodiment> An embodiment of the remote control device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the remote control device I of the present invention includes a home button 2 and a home button 3 for setting the home/away mode. Turn on the terminal device in your home (FDA device in this example) to ON10.
FF first device switch 4, second device switch 5,
Third device switch 6, ON10 of the terminal device in the above home
F Device display lamp 7, second device display lamp 8, and third device display lamp 9. It is composed of a dip switch 102 for setting a password, a clock 11 for displaying the time, and the like.

In addition, the above remote control device! is a first device 12 and a second device 13 which are terminal devices via the relay contacts of the remote control device 1.
- Connected to the third device 14. Further, the remote control device 1 and the telephone 15 in the house are connected in parallel to a terminal 16, and the terminal 16 is connected to a telephone line 17.

Next, the circuit configuration of the remote control device of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

The remote control device of the present invention includes a microcomputer 18 that comprehensively controls various signals. An oscillator 19 that generates a basic clock for the microcomputer 18; a signal converter 20 that inputs a calling signal to the microcomputer I8;
1 Tone decoder 21 that decodes the multi-frequency signal sent from the transmitter and inputs it to the microcomputer 18.
．． Voice synthesis unit 22 for responding with voice. Speech synthesis section 2
an amplifier unit 23 for amplifying the audio output from 2; Interface unit 24 for connecting multi-frequency signals and audio to a telephone line. A driver part 27 that sends out signals to switch from the signal converter 20 to the internal circuit and control the relay 25 and lamp 26 and terminal equipment to close the DC circuit. Mode switch 282 for selecting home mode and out-of-home mode
Clock circuit section 29 for displaying and setting the time. A ROM 80 that stores programs such as procedures for controlling various operations and procedures for responding to callers. RAM 31 that stores the caller's command signal; PIN number setting section 3 that sets the PIN number;
2. It is composed of a power supply section 33 and the like that supplies power.

Next, the operation of the remote control device configured as described above is performed as the first device as a terminal device in the house! 2 will be explained with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4. In addition, ■ in Figure 3 and ■ in Figure 4, ■ in Figure 3 and ■ in Figure 4
■ in the figure, ◎ in figure 3 and ◎ in figure 4 are connected.

First, the on/off switch of the first device 12 is turned on.

At this time, if the first device display lamp 7 of the remote control device l is lit, power is supplied to the first device 12 and the first device 12 is turned on. The display lamp 7 is turned off and the supply of power to the first device 12 is stopped. Then, press the going out button 3 to set the going out mode and go out.

Next, use the telephone line to connect to the first device! When controlling 2, the caller makes a call to his/her home using a telephone set outside the home. Then, the telephone 15 in the house rings, and the remote control device 1
The calling signal is input to the microcomputer 18 via the signal converter 20.

After counting the call signal several times, the remote control device I
determines that there is an incoming call, activates the relay 25, closes the DC circuit, and sends a response message "Binbone is currently out of the office" to the caller via the voice synthesis section 22, amplifier section 23, and interface section 24 for remote control. It becomes possible.

At this time, if the caller is from a person whose purpose is not to control equipment in the home, the user knows that the other party is away and hangs up.

Next, the caller presses the number corresponding to the PIN number as many times as necessary, and finally presses the # button to enter the PIN number. (When the phone is on) Then the remote control device l
Then, the input password is decoded by the tone decoder 21 and input into the microcomputer 18, and compared with the password set in the remote control device 1. If the password is correct, a message saying "Please enter the bin bone" is sent to the caller. It will be done.

After that, if you want to operate the first device 12, please refer to the table below.
11 = Input the operation code according to the operation code table.

Table-1 Operation Code Table The remote control device 1 sends a message requesting input of the set time and operation time etc. to the caller by voice.The caller inputs the respective times by pressing the button, and then the remote control device 1 It is stored on RAM31. Finally, when the end signal 00= is input, the remote control device 1 disconnects from the telephone line and prepares for the next call. When the remote control device 1 reaches the first device 120 set time, the first device display lamp 7 lights up and the first device 12 is turned on.

The above operation has been explained for the case where the first device I2 is controlled, but the second device +3. Even when controlling the third device 14 or in other operation modes, when the time that is stored and commanded in the remote control device 1 according to the contents of the remote control device 1 is reached, the predetermined control of the controlled device is performed. be.

If an incorrect PIN number is entered or if the PIN number is not entered for a long time, the telephone line will be automatically released and the system will return to the initial standby state.

Effects> Since the remote control device of the present invention has the above configuration,
The caller can give commands to the devices they want to control in their home at any time without worrying about the time, which is of great practical value.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the remote control device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the remote control device of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 410-+? The figure is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the remote control device of the present invention. In the drawings, 1 is a remote control device, 12 is a first device, 13 is a second device, I4 is a third device, 17 is a telephone line, and 18 is a microcomputer. Agent: Patent attorney Takeshi Sugiyama (and 1 other person): (, H[
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing the control start time, control end time, etc. of the equipment in the house commanded by the caller using the telephone line;
1. A remote control device comprising: control means for controlling in-home equipment when a commanded time has elapsed based on the memory in the storage means.